cremaster
/kɹiˈmæstəɹ/noun
cremaster is spelled C-R-E-M-A-S-T-E-R: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cremaster means “A thin muscle attached to the testicles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cremaster is cremasters.
How many letters and syllables are in cremaster?
| Letters | 9: C-R-E-M-A-S-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 32 million words; the 173,967th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cremaster?
Cremaster appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cremaster?
- UK /kɹiːˈmastə/
- US /kɹiˈmæstəɹ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with cremaster?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cremaster from its last stressed vowel (/æstəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cremaster
- cremasters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cremaster mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A thin muscle attached to the testicles.
- 2
In the pupae of certain species of butterfly, a hook-shaped protuberance from the rear of the chrysalis casing, by which the caterpillar fixes itself to the pad of silk it has cemented to the underside of a perch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cremaster in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense thin muscle attached to the testicles:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | crémaster |
| Spanish | cremáster |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cremaster come from?
From Ancient Greek κρεμαστήρ (kremastḗr, “suspender”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).